The new catalytic converter is set to be installed in the approximately 430,000 cars fitted with the EA189 diesel engine, according to German newspaper Bild am Sonntag.

Mueller has publicly apologized ahead of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, USA, this month, saying that VW had cheated customers, officials and the US public and that he was sorry for everything that had gone wrong at Volkswagen.

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Quick Quiz

The new BMW 530e and 530e XDrive will feature the OEM’s latest advances in battery cell technology, and the latest version of BMW’s eDrive technology. But how much of a reduction will this produce in terms of the 530e’s combined fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions?